delirium

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A temporary state of mental confusion and fluctuating consciousness resulting from high fever, intoxication, shock, or other causes. It is characterized by anxiety, disorientation, hallucinations, delusions, and incoherent speech.

n. A state of uncontrolled excitement or emotion: sports fans in delirium after their team's victory.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from mania, or madness.

n. Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A disordered state, more or less temporary, of the mental faculties, occurring during illness, especially in febrile conditions.

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